New Arrivals

93 Points - James Halliday

Matured in American oak (20% new). Full crimson-purple; the cart carries a full load of all things nice, dispensing blue and black fruits along the way, and just when you wonder whether that's all to be had, polished tannins and a swish of oak put matters right.

95 Points - Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)

It’s much like last year’s release with just a bit more weight. It’s a better wine as a result. This is a powerful, sturdy red, built Tonka Tuff, with blackcurrant, black olive and bay/gum leaf notes rumbling throughout. In flavour terms it’s almost into gravel territory, and indeed almost into coffee grounds/bitter chocolate. Ropes of muscular tannin pull assuredly through the fruit,. This will be a 25 year+ wine. It is excellent.

** Available for delivery on Friday 14th December **

1 x Eileen Hardy Chardonnay 2013 / 96 Points

1 x Eileen Hardy Chardonnay 2014 / 97+ Points

1 x Eileen Hardy Chardonnay 2015 / 98 Points

1 x Eileen Hardy Chardonnay 2016 / 97 Points

95 Points - James Halliday 

Only Hardys has the viticultural resources available to make a synergistic blend such as this, the unexpected result a coherent medium-bodied wine that is light on its feet, skipping through the full Monty of red and black berry fruits, the tannins adding to the overall picture of elegance.

95 Points - James Halliday

There is definite synergy in the blend, even it if it's the Yarra Valley that provides most of the flavour and the glue; grapefruit is in the driving seats, but there's a special texture to the mouthfeel, part fruit, part oak-derived.

97+ Points - Jeb Dunnuck 

Coming from a terrific site located at the southern end of the Santa Lucia Highlands, the 2016 Chardonnay East of Eden Pisoni Vineyard boasts phenomenal notes of ripe citrus and white peach fruits, white flowers, and freshly crushed rocks. It's clean, incredibly pure, and elegant on the palate, with a level of tension and vibrancy you don't find too often in the vintage. I followed this bottle for two days and it only improved with air. It's a brilliant Chardonnay from Lato that’s going to benefit from a year or two of bottle age and age gracefully for a decade or more. Don’t miss it!

95 Points - William Kelley (robertparker.com)

96+ Points - Jeb Dunnuck 

Lato always makes the most of this great vineyard, which is located in the cooler, Pacific Ocean-influenced Santa Maria Valley. Black raspberries, red plums, violets, and hints of scorched earth all emerge from the 2016 Pinot Noir Suerte Solomon Hills Vineyard and it’s one of the more masculine, mineral-laced wines in the lineup. Nevertheless, it has beautiful purity and an undeniable elegance. Aged 15 months in 65% new French oak, give bottles a year or so and enjoy over the following decade.